The Music
In 2002 the late, great Tony Wilson, having admitted he tried and failed to sign them, described The Music as “the most exciting band on the planet”. He wasn’t alone in this opinion: on witnessing Robert Harvey’s lot live for the first...
The Music
Bless little bald Robert Harvey and his gang of euphoro-rave-rockers, battling to reignite public interest after four years in the wilderness by… well, by putting out a track that could have sat comfortably on their debut album way back in 2002....
The Music
Remember The Music? Perma-stoned, trog-ugly kings of early-millennial dance-rock? And remember how their singer Robert Harvey used to hide his troll-like features under a huge Jonathan Creek-style barnet? Well, the big news from tonight’s live...
Music : Montreux Miles Davis Hall
They are, of course, ridiculous. Completely, unreservedly, ridiculously ridiculous. But tonight - at Switzerland's annual jazz festival, in a room stuffed with nodding uncles in shorts, no less - the High Priests of anarcho-archaic prog-funk...
Music : Corn Exchange, Cambridge, Fri, Sept 24
Had you not heard them, you might think that calling a band The Music could be considered a little presumptuous. It’s a bit like addressing your manhood as The General in front of a lady and expecting her to be impressed by the rank. But...
The Music : Welcome To The North
Sometimes I think that it's only we British who believe size doesn't matter. Everywhere else - the US especially - seems comfortable with the idea that big equals best. But at the first sign of anyone getting ideas above their station, we turn...
Music /The Zutons/The Open/The Engineers :...
Eight things we learned from tonight's show: 1. Dance music isn’t dead, it’s just rediscovered the joys of big trousers and Led Fuckin' Zeppelin. Yes, The Music are the rave Jane's Addiction. Honestly, there were glowsticks. Marvellous....
Carling Weekend : Leeds, Radio 1 Evening...
The Music might have been touring non-stop for the last year, but their lumbering Fisher Price psychedelia hasn't got any more easy to listen to. Turgid jams are laid on top of lumbering drumming, while singer Robert Harvey's unlovely honk is more...
The Music : The Truth Is No Words
Gargoyle grunge! Mr Punch pop! Quasimodo rock! Yeah! The year is 1968 and Dozy, Beaky, Mitch & Ugly are wowing the groovy Carnaby Street dolly-birds with their fab gear brand of cutting edge space rock! But then the loveable bunch of...
Music : Middlesbrough Town Hall
The Music are flying high. Robert Harvey and his crew have octopus-danced their way to 300,000 sales of their scissor-kick psychedelia debut LP worldwide. They've sauntered into the Top 20 and moonwalked into venues of the size that their...
